Elon Musk confirms xAI used OpenAI’s models to train Grok
In a federal courtroom in California on Thursday, Elon Musk testified that his own AI startup, xAI, has used OpenAI’s models to improve its own. The matter at question is…
Search
Related topics:
OpenAI
Tracked topic
OpenAI
Track the AI revolution at OpenAI, from ChatGPT feature updates and ethical safety debates to the company's massive market surge.
Top stories
Zilis’ past emails mentioned in court proceedings include her referencing a potential “conversion to for-profit” for OpenAI.
A separate ideation email to Altman lays out certain options for changes to OpenAI’s structure, including one option of rolling all of OpenAI into a B-corp, or a for-profit…
Zilis says she had concerns about Altman that she raised with the board of OpenAI
First, she says that the broad release of ChatGPT wasn’t discussed with the non-profit OpenAI board. This was discussed in a board meeting. Second, the deal with Helion raised eyebrows…
Pentagon strikes classified AI deals with OpenAI, Google, and Nvidia — but not Anthropic
The Pentagon has struck deals with OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, Elon Musk’s xAI, and the startup Reflection, allowing the agency to use their AI tools in classified settings, according to…
Ilya Sutskever would get up on tables to give speeches in the early days of OpenAI.
All of the updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s battle over OpenAI See all Stories Posted May 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM UTC H Hayden Field Ilya Sutskever would…
Zilis said another concern she had about Altman related to OpenAI’s potential deal with Helion.
Altman and Brockman were both investors in the nuclear energy company, and since the company didn’t have an official product yet, she said that OpenAI potentially entering into a deal with…
“I don’t want to be IBM and OpenAI to be Microsoft.”
“I don’t want to be IBM and OpenAI to be Microsoft.”
Sarah Eddy, an attorney representing OpenAI, got sarcastic with Zilis.
Live updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court battle over the future of OpenAI See all Stories Posted May 6, 2026 at 6:33 PM UTC H Hayden Field Sarah…
Molo asked Altman if he’d ever fire himself as CEO of the OpenAI for-profit.
All of the updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s battle over OpenAI See all Stories Posted May 12, 2026 at 7:20 PM UTC H Hayden Field Molo asked Altman…
Larry Ellison’s betting everything on OpenAI. Will it pay off or pop the bubble?
…OpenAI is the Sam Altman show, as became very clear in 2023 when he was briefly deposed as OpenAI’s philosopher-king. Tying Oracle so closely to OpenAI meant that Oracle was…